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Michael L.J. Apuzzo, MD
Theodore Kurze Lecturer
Wednesday, April 30, Plenary Session III
Michael L.J. Apuzzo, MD, is the Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells Jr. Professor
of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics at the
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. He is director of
neurosurgery at the Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute.
His current scientific interests include cerebral and minimally invasive surgical
techniques, radiosurgery, virtual surgery, restorative methods, and nanotechnology.
Dr. Apuzzo has played a central role in the practical introduction and development of microsurgery, endoscopy, imaging directed stereotaxy, radiosurgery, and investigative molecular biology as elements of the neurosurgical armamentarium as well as the concepts of minimal invasion and cellular/molecular neurosurgery. An avid internationalist and educator, he has given over 135 invited professorships nationally and internationally and developed more than 600 scientific publications, including 45 edited volumes dealing with topics of microsurgery, stereotaxy, the future of neurosurgery, cerebral surgery, central nervous system tumors, trauma, epilepsy, and operating room design. Since 1992 he has been editor-in-chief of Neurosurgery, Operative Neurosurgery, and Neurosurgery Online.
He is a graduate of Yale College and Boston University School of Medicine. After general surgery training at McGill’s Royal Victoria Hospital, his neurosurgical residency was completed at the Yale School of Medicine, where he served fellowships in neurophysiology and neuropathology. He had special training in nuclear, submarine, and diving medicine at the U.S. Navy Postgraduate School at Groton, Conn., after which he served with distinction in the Polaris Nuclear Submarine Service. He has been actively involved with NASA, The California Institute of Technology, The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and USC Schools of Engineering and Cinematic Arts.
Douglas Brinkley, PhD
Cushing Orator
Monday, April 28, Plenary Session I
Douglas Brinkley, PhD, is director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American
Civilization and professor of history at Tulane University. He received his
bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University, followed by his doctorate in
U.S. diplomatic history from Georgetown University in 1989. He then spent a
year teaching history at the U.S. Naval Academy and Princeton University.
He won the Benjamin Franklin Award for The American Heritage History of the United States (1998) and the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Naval History Prize for Driven Patriot (1993). He was awarded the Business Week Book of the Year Award for Wheels for the World and was also named 2004 Humanist of the Year by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
Dr. Brinkley is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times Book Review and American Heritage, and a frequent contributor to the New York Times,
Eric C. Holland, MD, PhD
Ronald L. Bittner Lecturer
Monday, April 28, Scientific Session I
Eric C. Holland, MD, PhD, is director of the Brain Tumor Center at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a professor at Cornell University with joint
appointments in the Departments of Neurology, Surgery (Neurosurgery), and Cancer
Biology & Genetics.
Dr. Holland received his PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Chicago in 1985 and his medical degree from Stanford University in 1990. He completed his internship in general surgery in 1991 and his residency in neurosurgery in 1995, both at the University of California, Los Angeles.
He has authored 80 peer-reviewed articles, written 11 book chapters, and edited Mouse Models of Human Cancer, published in 2004. He has presented at nearly 100 conferences worldwide and nearly 70 institutional seminars/visiting professorships.
In addition to the AANS, Dr. Holland is a member of several professional organizations, including the Society for Neuro-Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He has been honored with numerous awards, including the Farber Award, Seroussi Award, Bressler Scholars Award, American Brain Tumor Association Research Award, Peter A. Steck Memorial Award, Searle Scholars Award, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship.
Rodolfo Llinas, MD, PhD
Van Wagenen Lecturer
Wednesday, April 30, Plenary Session III
Rodolfo R. Llinas, MD, PhD, is the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience
at New York University School of Medicine, where he has been chair of the Department
of Physiology and Neuroscience since 1976. In 1959 he received his medical
degree from Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, followed by his doctoral
degree in neurophysiology from Australian National University, Canberra, in
1965. His work encompasses many aspects of neuroscience, from the study of
depolarization release coupling in the squid giant synapse to voltage-dependent
calcium channels from cerebellar neurons. His current research focuses on dysfunctions
of the thalamus, an area of the brain known to play a key role in various neurological
and psychiatric disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, depression, and obsessive-compulsive
disorder. An internationally known leader in the field of brain research, Dr.
Llinas has contributed to more than 400 publications and has been awarded seven
honorary degrees. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the UNESCO
Albert Einstein Gold Medal Award in Science, Catedra Santiago Grisolia Prize
in Neuroscience (Spain), and the Koetser Foundation Award for Brain Research
(Switzerland). He is a member of many professional organizations, including
the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
the American Philosophical Society, and the French National Academy of Sciences.
A. John Popp, MD
Richard C. Schneider Lecturer
Monday, April 28, Plenary Session I
A. John Popp, MD, is professor and Henry and Sally Schaffer Chair of Surgery,
co-director of the Neurosciences Institute and head of the Division of Neurosurgery
at Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y.
He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Rochester and received his medical degree from Albany Medical College. He completed his internship at The Queen’s Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, and his surgical residency at Albany Medical Center Hospital. In 1969, he was commissioned captain in the U.S. Air Force and served as surgeon at the Tachikawa Air Force Hospital in Japan until 1971. Following his military service, Dr. Popp returned to Albany Medical Center Hospital to undertake his neurosurgical residency training.
An active member of the AANS since 1980, he served as president (2003-2004), vice president (1999-2000) AANS Bulletineditor (1998-2003), chair of the AANS/CNS Washington Committee and AANS director-at-large (1995-1998). In addition to his involvement with the AANS, Dr. Popp served as president of the New York State Neurosurgical Society; delegate to the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (1993-1996); president of the Hudson/Mohawk Clinical Neurosciences Society (1992-present); treasurer of The Society of Neurological Surgeons; and director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. An active clinician, he has authored numerous books and articles for scientific journals on such topics as head injuries, stroke and brain tumors.
Marcus E. Raichle, MD
Hunt-Wilson Lecturer, Plenary Session I
Monday, April 28
Marcus E. Raichle, MD, is professor of radiology, neurology, neurobiology,
biomedical engineering and psychology at Washington University in St. Louis
School of Medicine. He is also co-director of the Division of Radiological
Sciences, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, and he is affiliated with Barnes-Jewish
Hospital of St. Louis and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. His current research
focuses on the intrinsic functional activity of the brain as distinct from
evoked responses related to behavioral events.
Dr. Raichle received his medical degree from the University of Washington
School of Medicine, Seattle, in 1964. He did his internship and residency in
general medicine at Baltimore City Hospitals, followed by a fellowship at Johns
Hopkins University, Department of Medicine. He practiced neurology at New York
Hospital, Cornell University Medical College from 1966 to 1969. A major in
the United States Air Force from 1969 to 1971, Dr. Raichle served as neurologist
and flight surgeon at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB in
San Antonio, Texas.
A prolific author, Dr. Raichle has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed articles
and close to 150 books, book chapters, reviews and commentaries. He has served
on the editorial boards of numerous publications.
Lee Woodruff
Rhoton Family Lecturer
Wednesday, April 30, Plenary Session III
As co-author of the bestselling book In an Instant, Lee Woodruff garnered critical
acclaim for the compelling and humorous chronicle of her family’s journey to
recovery following the roadside bomb injury to her husband, Bob Woodruff, in
Iraq. Appearing together on national television and radio since the February
2007 publication of their book, the couple has helped put a face on the serious
issue of traumatic brain injury among Iraq war veterans and the millions of
Americans who live with this often invisible, life-changing affliction.
They founded the Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury to help wounded service men and women and their families receive the long-term care that they need to successfully reintegrate into their communities.
Woodruff is a freelance writer as well as a contributing editor for the television newsmagazine Good Morning America, and she is currently working on a second book. She ran her own public relations and marketing consulting business for 16 years. Before that she was senior vice president of public relations firm Porter Novelli and spent a year in Beijing, China, working for communications company Hill & Knowlton.